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PATENTED FEB. 23,1904. T. HOLLOARAN. CLOTH WHEEL 0R CLOTH SHOE FOR KNIT-TING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY. 16. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Patented February 23, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS P. HOLLOBAN, OF UTICA, NEW YORK.

CLOTH-WHEEL OR CLOTH-SHOE FOR KNITTING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 753,074, dated February 23, 1904.

To @115 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS P. HOLLORAN,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloth-VVheels or Cloth- Shoes for Knitting-Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement applicable to circular-knitting machines, and has reference particularly to a means for mounting and adjusting the cloth-wheel or clothshoe for pressing the'work downward during the operation of knitting; and I declare that the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description thereof, suflicient to enable one skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts throughout.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side view showing my device, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a top view, and Fig. i is a plan view, of a particular part of the device. Fig. 5 is a side view of a modified structure, and Fig. 6 is an end view on the line as a: of Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is a view of a modified form of part of the device.

I do not show the machine in full, merely indicating the frame- A and the line of the needles N, deeming it sufficient to indicate the relative position of the parts to which my device is applicable. On the frame A, I place the standard B, which is fixedly secured to the frame. On the standard B, I secure by the bolt 6 a saddle C, which has a shank slotted at 0, adapted to be held firmly against the standard B. The outer end of the saddle is formed in two parts or two arms 0, which project laterally, as illustrated. Between these parts a is a saddle-block D, which is secured to the saddle by bolts Z, there being a plurality of such bolts. The bolts pass through holes cl in the saddle-block D (which holes I prefer to have screw-threaded, so the bolts will not slip nor draw out) and through slotted holes 0 in the saddle-arms c.

D is a wheel arm, which is adjustably mounted in the saddle-block D and secured Application filed July 16, 1993. Serial No. 165,735. (No model.)

therein at proper extension by the set-screw (Z. The outer end of the wheel-arm is provided with a head cl, (shown in Fig. 2,) the wheel being recessed to receive the same and also being axially bored, so that the wheel slips onto the wheel-arm before the latter is adjusted in the saddle-block. The wheel is represented by E and is made of the usual form, and it is held in place by collar E, which is secured on the wheel-arm D by the set-screw e in such position as allows the wheel to revolve freely without sliding along the wheel-arm.

A particular feature of my device consists in the manner of adjusting the wheel-arm and saddle-block in the saddle, which adjustment is accomplished by a plurality of mountings or bearings, which I have illustrated as two bolts, the slots in the saddle-arms being provided, so that the movement or adjustment of the wheel E is not governed by a singlebearing or pivotal point, but has a plurality of bearings, so that the wheel is notconfined in its adjustment to a single fixed curve, but may be readily moved and adjusted on the circumference of different circles. By this structure I can use the same size of a wheel for knitting-machines of difierent diameters, it being possible by such means of adjustment to place the wheel in such an angle to the needle that the circumference of the wheel will fit into the circle formed by the needles or cylinder of the machine and its edge be substantially equidistant from each needle in that part of the cylinder, whereas by a single bearing of the whieeharm such adjustment would be impossib e.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I illustrate a structure wherein a plate or shoe is used instead of a wheel, the method of mounting the arm in the saddle being identical. At the end of the arm D, I secure the head F, in the lower portion of which are inserted the shanks G, adjustablyheld in the head by screwsf. The shanks G are constructed with flat surfaces to support the cloth-shoe H, which is secured to the shanks by the screws g, the shoe being slotted at g to permit of lateral adjustment of the plate. This shoe or plate may be given any desirable form, according to the'diameter of the cylinder or according to the use to be made of the plate. I represent them as illustrating how my invention is applicable to different uses, which with this explanation will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

In Fig. 7 I show amodification of plate H, which consists in having the plate or shoe in two parts hinged, as illustrated by it h. In this way I provide greater utility and convenience in the structure. Each section of the plate is mounted on its proper shank, and by means of the screws or bolts f and g it can be secured in any adjustment. The plate is then adaptable to larger or smaller cylinder machines as desired.

It will thus be seen that I have presented a device for the mounting and adjustment of the presser-wheel or cloth-shoe wherein I am able to secure the vertical adjustment of the same and also the angular adjustment of the wheel or shoe in relation to the vertical circular face of the cylinder, so that I am able to accommodate one size presser-wheel or cloth-shoe to different sizes of cylinders, and thereby avoid the necessity of changing the wheels or plates, which has heretofore been necessary.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a circular-knitting machine, a clothwheel support vertically slotted in its main shank for adjustment on the cloth-wheel stand: ard and open at its other end for the support of a saddle-block, a standard, a saddle-block, means for adjustably connecting the said support and the saddle-block, which means comprise a plurality of bolt-holes in the saddleblock through which bolts pass and engage with the support in slots prepared therein, a wheel-supporting arm adjustably mounted in the saddle-block, and a cloth-wheel revolubly mounted on the wheel-arm, in combination, substantially as set forth.

2. In a circular-knitting machine, a standard, a wheel support mounted thereon and vertically adjustable, a saddle-block adjustably mounted in the said support, the said mounting means comprising a plurality of bolts passing through the saddle-block and extending therefrom through slots provided in the support, a wheel-arm adjustably mounted in the saddle-block, and means provided on the wheel-arm for pressing the knitted fabric downward from the needles, in combination, substantially as set forth.

3. In a circular-knitting machine,means for adjustably mounting the cloth-pressing memher, the said means comprising a support mounted vertically adjustable on a fixed standard, the said support comprising means to engage and hold a saddle-block by a plurality of slotted pivotal bearings between the said supports and the saddle-block, a saddle-block and a standard, in combination, substantially as set forth. h

4. In a circular-knitting machine, a fixed standard, a support mounted thereon and vertically adjustable thereon,the saddle-block adjustably mounted on said support, the mounting comprising a plurality of slotted pivotal bearings between the saddle-block and the said support, a wheel-arm provided with a revolubly-mounted wheel thereon and adjustably mounted in the saddle-block whereby the plane of the cloth-wheel may be placed at any desired angle to the axis of the cylinder with its periphery equally distant from the needles adjacent to said wheel, in combination, substantially as set forth.

5. In a circular-knitting machine, a fixed standard, a wheel-support mounted thereon vertically adjustable, a saddle-block adjustably mounted in the said support, the said mounting means comprising a plurality of bolts passing through the saddle-block and extending therefrom through slots provided in the support, a wheel-arm adjustably mounted in the saddle-block, means provided on the wheel arm for pressing the knitted fabric downward from the needles, said means being adjustable to cylinders of different diameter to permit placing its edge substantially equidistant from the needles, in combination, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' THOMAS P. HOLLORAN.

Witnesses:

E. '1. DE GIoReI, BYRON E. WHITE. 

